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Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III Cracks A Million Sales In Its First Week; MC Is 'Elated'
Oh No They Didn't! — ... have a special message for his fans, however: "What's poppin', MTV. It's Weezy F. Baby, and I just wanna thank everybody out there for making Tha Carter III the #1 album in the country. Thank you." Before Weezy's success, Kanye West had the largest sales week since 50's Massacre with last year's Graduation, which sold 957,000 copies in its debut week. Wayne starts his Carter III tour on June 27. He also told MTV News that he and T-Pain are forming a supergroup. source

Lil Wayne's Big Record
Mollygood — ... Shiny cough syrup abuser Lil Wayne’s new record, Tha Carter III, has sold one million copies in its first week out. It’s the first album since 50 Cent’s 2005 LP The Massacre to move a million units in just seven days. This is also the quickest Lil Wayne has ever come into so much ...

Britney Spears ‘Circus’ Tops Billboard Charts
Culturite — ... Circus‘ first-week sales total is certainly big, but it’s only the sixth biggest opening of 2008, behind albums like Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III, ...

U2: Spinning disappointment into a victory
No Rock And Roll Fun — ... decline. "And what people in this country don't realize is that the American industry is collapsing at a far quicker rate than in the rest of the world. In Europe, sales of physical material are holding up far better. They're in decline, but not as rapidly as in America." Given that the record has also been doing sluggish business in the UK and Ireland, the response to this would seem to be "and?" - even if what he was saying was true. Last June, Lil Wayne managed 900,000 in release week. Nine Inch Nails counted 700,000 first week ...